James F Tostevin IV

Military
media-14149.jpeg UPL 14149 1st Lt James F Tostevin.

Object Number - UPL 14149 - 1st Lt James F Tostevin.

On the 15th January 1945 he took off from Mount Farm in Spitfire XI (PL962) on a Photo-Recon mission to Berlin and Misburg. He reached the target area and took his photos and was on the return leg of his journey when he began to run short fuel. He radioed his P-51 escort to tell them that he was going to attempt a landing on the Continent and was looking for a landing area near Lille, France. The escort returned to the UK and assumed that 1/Lt. Tostevin had landed in France, and would return to Mount Farm when he had refuelled. There are no known records to indicate what happened and it is assumed that he crashed somewhere near Abbeville. KIA MACR 11851

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

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Events

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Died

Abbeville, France 15 January 1945 On the 15th January 1945 he took off from Mount Farm in Spitfire XI (PL962) on a Photo-Recon mission to Berlin and Misburg. He reached the target area and took his photos and was on the return leg of his journey when he began to run short fuel. He radioed his P-51 escort to tell them that he was going to attempt a landing on the Continent and was looking for a landing area near Lille, France. The escort returned to the UK and assumed that 1/Lt. Tostevin had landed in France, and would return to Mount Farm when he had refuelled. There are no known records to indicate what happened and it is assumed that he crashed somewhere near Abbeville. KIA MACR 11851

Buried

Epinal American Cemetery, France.
Tacoma, WA, USA Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA.

Born

Tacoma, WA, USA

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7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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